Longdowns, Cornwall Weather
About Longdowns, Cornwall
Granite-crowned rises and the low, persistent murmur of wind define the character of Longdowns as it commands the high ground of West Cornwall. It lies 2.6 miles west of Penryn (from Penryn: bearing 266°T, OS grid SW 742 343), and is situated east-north-east of Rame Cross village. The light here has a peculiar, bruised clarity, reflecting off the grey stone and gorse that trace the ancient boundaries of the plateau. To the north, the landscape slopes away toward the quiet, shadowed depths of Kennall Vale, where water once turned the heavy wheels of industry. Longdowns remains a place of transit and sudden, sharp views, where the horizon feels closer and more tactile than in the sheltered valleys below. Pilgrims or travellers of old might have paused near the Wayside Cross 95M Ese Of Trevales House, a stone marker that still holds its silent vigil against the passing centuries. This rugged terrain demands a certain resilience, grounding the houses of Longdowns against the Atlantic gales that sweep across the peninsula. Modern traffic now pulses through the heart of the landscape, yet the underlying geological bones of the region remain undisturbed and starkly visible.
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About This Longdowns, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longdowns, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Longdowns includes coordinates 50.16568, -5.161936, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Longdowns is available on the Longdowns map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.